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Overton Park
Historic public park in Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Overton Park

Overton Park is a 342-acre (138 ha) public park in Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee.

The park grounds contain the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis Zoo, a 9-hole golf course, the Metal Museum, Rainbow Lake, Veterans Plaza, the Greensward, and other features. The park was established in 1906 and contains the Old Forest Arboretum of Overton Park, one of the few remaining old growth forests in Tennessee.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Rodhullandemu (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.